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You won't just be a ticket-taker; you will be the one building the GitOps pipelines and Kubernetes environments that power a regional leader in animal nutrition.\r\nWhy this role is different\r\n\r\nModern Stack, Zero Legacy Debt: We use FluxCD, OpenTofu, and OpenTelemetry. You're coming into an environment that values \"doing it right\" over \"doing it fast.\"\r\nThe \"Reverse Commute\": Located in Upper Sandusky, we offer an easy, traffic-free drive for those living in Findlay, Marion, Tiffin, or Delaware. Spend your \"commute\" listening to a podcast, not staring at brake lights.\r\nDirect Impact: Your work directly ensures that millions of animals are fed efficiently. In a world of \"apps for apps,\" we build technology that supports the physical world.\r\n\r\nWhat You'll Own (The 2026 Roadmap):\r\n\r\nGitOps Mastery: You will lead our shift toward GitOps-based workflows using FluxCD, ensuring our deployments are version-controlled, repeatable, and boring (in a good way).\r\nK8s Orchestration: Manage and scale our Kubernetes clusters on Azure, optimizing for both performance and cost-efficiency.\r\nDeveloper Experience (DevEx): Partner with our software teams to remove friction. 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